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Oudom Hean, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Finance

Bio

Oudom Hean is a scholar for the Challey Institute for Global Innovation and Growth and an assistant professor of finance in the Department of Transportation, Logistics, and Finance at North Dakota State University. He is an applied economist whose interests lie at the intersection of regional economics, urban economics, and public economics. His current research focuses on the causes and consequences of diverging economic growth across U.S. urban and rural areas, with a particular interest in innovation, the minimum wage, and offshoring. He teaches undergraduate courses on international finance and data analytics in finance. 

Education
  • Ph.D., Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, Ohio State University
  • M.A., Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, Ohio State University
  • B.S., Medicine, University of Health Science, Cambodia
  • B.A., International Studies (Honors), Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Expertise
  • Regional economics
  • Innovation
  • Minimum wage
  • Offshoring

 

Recent Research

Journal article | How Do Natural Disasters Change Consumption Behavior in Thailand and the Philippines?

Journal article | The Effects of Aging Populations on U.S. Communities 
Journal article | Bank Competition and Business Formation in the U.S. Midwest
Journal article | The Financial Impact of State Tax Regimes on Local Economies in the U.S.   
Journal article | The Ripple Effects of Offshoring in the United States: Boosting Local Productivity and Capital Investment
Journal article | Distance Learning During COVID-19 School Closures
Journal article | Migration, Education, Technological Change and Growing Urban Inequality
Journal article | Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Labor Market in Thailand
Journal article | Financing and Enrollments in Public Universities
Journal article | The Economics of Child Marriage

Journal article | The Effects of Shale Oil and Gas Endowments on Regional Labor Markets

Journal article | The Effects of Technological Progress in Innovative Regions on the Labor Markets of Lagging Regions: A Theoretical Perspective
Journal article | The Effects of COVID-19 on Labor Force Nonparticipation in the Short Run: Racial and Ethnic Disparities
Journal article | The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on U.S. Entrepreneurship
Journal article | The Effects of Minimum Wage Over the Business Cycle: The Great Recession
Journal article | Household Consumption Expenditure in Thailand During the First COVID-19 Lockdown
Report | Socioeconomic Transition in the Appalachia Coal Region: Some Factors of Success
Journal article | The Impact of Metropolitan Technology on the Nonmetropolitan Labor Market: Evidence from U.S. Patents

 

 

 

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